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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-07
THE G. A. II.
election OF Judge Rsa OF Minneapolis for Com.
maBder -in-Crief,

LApNtiph w oauso va VI "a NNAAN y NAnN
maBder -in-Gtief,
Gen. Grosvenor oil Ohio spoke against
Vandervoort's resolutions censuring the
President OF the United States.
Mcdonald. OF Indiana. spoko on the
same lde. Under the operation OF the
previG as question, Y~andervoort's amend
ment was Overwhelmingly defeated, and
The report Of the committee was adopted
by q vote OF 31S to 173.
ELECTION OF COMMANDER
The following were the nominations for
eommander-in-chief for the ensuing year:
Gen. Slocum, Gen, @rohn P. Tea, Gen. 7. An
thony and Gen. Up. Grier. Slocum re-
eeived 153, Anthony sc, Grier 40 and Rea
294 sherman received /, and Warner Of
Missouri /. Rea was declared elected. He
was escorted to the platform by the defeated
candidates, Grier and Anthony, and returned
thanks 70 the encampr1ent as follows:
Commander-in-chief and Comrades: ] es-
TEEN it an honor equal to any that can possibly
come TO an American citizen to be elected CONF
mander Of this organization, embracing as IL
does almost the entire number of the survivors
Of the men who crowded four centuries OF
PROCESS into four years OF war. tApplSUSe.l 1
shall not undertake now TO make asp%soh to
YOU, but / hope to see You all sometime during
the coming year. / thank you from the bottom
Of my heart, and appreciate the honor which
you have conferred upon me. In four month
from this time ] will have reached my
majority as a member Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. IApplause.l 1 have
loved IL, and / have a sincere hope to preserve
It's honor and keep it true to the cardinal doc
trines upon which it is founded, and whatever II
Is necessary to do that will be done by me. 1
have only this to say-that / trust that, as the
events Of this year are woven as wool into the
warp Of time making the web of Grand Army
history, it will be my ambition, IL will be my
purpose, as it is nv highest hope, that there
may be in that web, Comrade Fairohild, no seam
that viii at all show where your administration
ended and mine began. tCheers foT Real
The rules were suspended, and Nelson Cole
Of Missouri was elected senior vice COM
mander. The junior vice commander was
John G Linahan of New Hampshire. Gen.
Lawrence Donahoe was elected sergeant
general. Rev. Edward Anderson was elected
chaplain In chief. When the committee on
rules and regulations submitted their report
the proposition to enable q class OF per
sons to enter the order who have served in
field, but have never been mustered into the
service, was defeated. The committee on
the Logan monument reported recommend
ing that a fund be provided for the erection
of an equestrian statue at Washington, Gov.
Alger subscribed 81, 200, and George
@. Lemon OF New York subscribed $1,000.
The officers Of the encampment were then
installed
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4 CARDINAL.
James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Of Balti.
more, a Guest Of the Catholics Of st. Paul,

James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Of Balti.
more, a Guest Of the Catholics Of st. Paul.
HE e-minenca, James Cardinal Gibbons
OF Baltimore arrived in the city ofSt. Paul
on Thursday the goth inst, accompanied
by his secretary, Father Chappelle CT
Washington; Father Cleary of Kenosha,
Wis; Father Cotter of Winona; Father
Reardon Of Chicago, brother OF Arch
bishop Reardon Of San Francisco; Faith
er Pagan Of Milwaukee, and w. j..
0naham, OF Chicago.
AT the entrance to the depot Bishop Ire
land was in waiting with a closed carriage
to convey the cardinal to the episcopal
residence whose crowds were it attendance
at the station and in the streets, Cardinal
Gibbons was on his way to Portland, Or,
where he win confer the pallium on Bishop
Gross.
In the evening, there was a grand ban
quet at the Ryan Hotel in honor OF the
Cardinal. Nearly 500 sat down to the ta-
BILE. Following are some OF the clergy who
were presgat
Cardinal Gibbons, Ri. Rev. J. Ireland Of
st. Pau, Rt. Rev. j.. B. Brondei of Monta-
ma, Bishop NJ. Marty Of Dakota, Rt. Rev.
Rupert Seidenbuch Of Northern Minnesota.
Abbot Edelbroek oil ST Johns university,
Reverends Reardon Chicago; Thomas Fa-
gan, Milwaukee; James Clearly, Kenosha,
AdluAudl 1ADDOuo dnG OApnOR 4ACASn0
were stationed in the main parlor, sur
rounded by. the local and visiting clergy,
aud there they held reception until nearly
10 o'clock. C. d. 0'Brien, p. HI. Kelly and
other members OF the committee intro
duced the guests. Allthe table speeches were
made by Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Ireland,
Judge William Louis Kelly, Nv. ]. 0nahan,
| Chicago, Senator OK. Davis. 1t. Gov. Rice,
/. va. Heard, John w. Willis, VIM. p.
hurry; hes. Thomas 0'Gorman, and Pres
ident Cyrus Northrup OF the State Univer-
sity. At the conclusion OF Prof. Northrup's
remarks, the assemblags dispersed, the
cardinal and bishops Grace and Ireland
and visiting clergymen being escorted in
their carriages.
In person the cardinal is man OF light
physique, medium height with mild blue
eyes set beneath a wide forehead. H6s
manner is easy his voice very pleasant and
his conversational powers Indicative Of a
ripe intellect. He is ffsv-three years Of
age, and was twenty years o priest before
he was elevated to his present position.
The term cardinal is q term given only
to individuals, and upon his elevation
/ Bishop James became James tar.
dinal Gibbons, archbishop Of Baltimore.
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VETERAN GRAND ARMY.
The Parade of Veterans at st. Louis
Takes Place Amid a Ceaseless
DOwnpOur of ReSl.
A Business Meeting Held at Which
C0mmander-in-C Chief Fairchild
Delivers His Address.

The Grand Army Of the Republic assem-.
bled at st. Louis on Tuesday 9th, in
great numbers, the officers reporting at the
Headquarters of Gen. Fairchild.
John II. Cook, A. D.. c. and q member OF
La Fayette post, New York, advanced
and presented the commander-in.chief a
badge glistening wit seventy. fivediamonds.
Gov. Fairchild made "a fitting response,
which Aid Cook, in behalf OF his associat-
ed members OF the staff, presented an ele.
CANT watch AMI chain to Adjt. Gen. E. 3.
Gray.
Nearly all OF the state delegations have
held meetings to decide upon choice for
commander-in-chief but the decisions were
held private. A tremendous rainfall pre-
vented tho proposed procession, but
q grand reception was held at
the Merchants Exchange, where a welcome
was extended by Mayor Francis. Speeches
were made by Vice. President Hannibal
Hamlin, Gov. Oglesby, Gen. Sherman and
Others.
The second day 2Sth, was wetter than
the day preceding. The rain fell in tor.
rents, hut the order to march was gwen,
and the route duly observed.
Here and there a post armed with muskets,
or q drum corps broke the monotony of the
line as the column passed under the beauri-
full stained glass transparencles of Gen.
Grant on Fourth between Lucust and
ST Charles streets all the men
by in silence. AS soon as the procession
passed there was a general rush for cover,
and many wanted TO start for home. The
rain has been so severe that a general
illumination was an imposSibilitY.
THE BUSINESS MEETING.
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THIRD DAY.


The reports Of committees were resumed,
The first in order being the committee on
pensions
They relate their efforts to procure liberal
legislation from cengress and The rate Or the
what they wanted, but IL at least would have re-
moved 1900 veterans from pauper houses.
lThsy call attention 70 the Mexican pension BY.
fur more liberal than the nnA Tor usnainStla1 the
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-07
TaE rOLUSTEEa,s YICTORH.
In the Twenty-NfIe Thrash 70 WInd-ward yolun-
tser Beats thistle by Nearly Fifteen Minutes.

New YORK Special: The Americas cup
win remain here. The race over the out
side course, which was postponed on
Thursday the 2Sth inst. because 81 lack
81 wind, was sailed the Both, and the Volun.
teer won by IL minutes 48A seconds,
after allowing the Thistle six sec
onds. The course was twenty miles TO
windward and return from the Scotland
liQhtship. During the race fresh, WHOLESALE
breeze prevailed With q Inmpy sea, Just
the sort Of weather ia which a cutter usu-
ally shows to the best advant-
age as compared with a center.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-07
THE business MEETING.

The encampment
opened in dueform
in the entertain
ment hall of the
exposition build
ing at g p. n The
co m m an d erin
chief, Gen. Fair
child, presided.
The following
C o m mite on
c~redential was
appointed: Adit.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-07

The Massachusetts Republican State
Convention was held in Boston. Francis
w. Rockwell OF Pittsheld. chairman. A
protective tariff platform was adopted.
Mr.. Hoar, Ia an address. rgnominated Oil
yer Ames for governors. The convention
unanimously nominated Ames by acclama-
for lieutenant governo-, III. b. Pierce for
secretary Of state. Allison w. Beard for
ytate treasurer, Charles r. Laid for aud
itor andA. j. Waterman was nominated
for attorney.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-07

board sIoop. But ia the twenty
miles thrash to windward the Volunteer
beat the Thistle by IA min. 49k sec. These
figures are Conclusive. They tell their own,
story. The condition were the same
for both boats. They simply represent
to what extent tine Volunteer is supe-
rior to the Thistle in winward work in
such weather as prevailed. The Issue Of
VDS race WAS never IN uuttDp rfFcf the noHvS'
came about on the second tack and it was
only a question ofhow much the Yolunteer
had gained by being able to lie closer to
the wind than the cutter. The actual
time consumed by the Volunteer in
completing the forty miles WIS 5 hours,
AZ minutes, 56A seconds, and by the This
tie 5 hours. "a minutes, 81 seconds.
There is cause for rejoicing In this latest
evidence that the Americans can still build
faster yachts than any other nation.
There a little excitement in London
over the result OF to-day's race, except
among Americans, who awaited with keen
interest bulletins announcing the progress
Of the yachts.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-10-07

Bessemer's steel patents have brought
him in IS, 1856 900 in royalties, beside
what he has realized from sales Of the
metal, and his partners in the business
have made fortunes.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-22

night was drawing nigh and had to say
goodby. I've often felt sad at partings,
but seldom have been more touched than
at that time.
Merciless, savage, cruel, relentless foe
the English called him. judge not. He
may have cause to be so, but had found
him gentle and kind to those that wished
him well and could see no sign of cruelty
displayed towards his wives Their last
act was to present me with lot of bead
work necklaces, anklets, ETC., while the
parting gift of the stern old warrior, who
had lost his kingdom and had so little left
to give-was the necklace of cheetah and
lions claws and the camel's hair cap from
Zanzibar. l have both, and shall never
part with the gifts of my savage black
friends. Another shake of the hand, and
I stood it sAravely-all round the circle
this time-ahd l mounted my horse and
galloped towards Cape Town Once l
looked around and l saw them standing
as had left tnem-the black king shading
his eyes against the setting sun, the dog
fawning by his side; in the background,
on the threshold Of his home, his wives.
'the antelope eyed daughters of his
people," who loved him and had followed
him into exile. A mist came into my eyes
and saw them no more-Cor Philadel-
pbia Times.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-22
HIS NEW NOVEL.

He goes to bed at s o'clock, gets up early
and is at work until midday i'll his coZy
workshop on the second floor, from which
we saw parade and review by the division
! general of the whole garrison. The men
march with swing OF the arm that gives
them dash and light airiness, something that
makes you feel that their heart is in it or that
| they would throw it over an obstacle as q
| rider does TO make the horse leap.
! "What made you write North and SouthF
/ asked.
Fifty lines out of C. few pages Of the
Comte de Paris history of the civil war in
America The Comte de Paris and have al.
ways entertained pleasant, friendly relations,
and was in sympathy with tue north at the
time of the war.
@What material did 1 use2 Everything
and anything that l could find l regret my
ignorance of the English language I have
to use TRANSACTIONS and transiators. The story
is interesting because it rests upon alibis and
the kew is at the end of the story. l have
another work under way. have thought
that there was room fer another Robinson.
There is Robinson Crusoe,' Swiss Family
Robinson the Mysterious Island. The first
Robinson is alone, the second has family,
the third is a company of engineers, men Of
learning. l am writing the story of board
ing school for boys There are eighteen of
them; fifteen of them are English, two French
and one American. / shall place them upon
q well fitted yacht, that shall be shipwrecked
upon an island that is not well known, but
,sistS The eldest boy IA years of age, the
youngest S. They shall have all the necessary
iools to take care of themselves.
Il trust you will make the American boy a
fine fellow"
Il always give the Americans my best
parts l have profound veneration for the
American people. l wanted to see it landed
as it deserves 10 be. The American is to be
the practical, progressive boy of the party"
In thes,all that leads from the stairway to
the work room is large chart of the world,
planisphere upon which NJ. Verne has traced
in lines of different colors the voyages Of his
heroes
His entire work, when completed. is to be
the amusing description of the earths geog-
raphy.-PariS Cor. New York Nail and
EXPRESS
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-22

without becoming an oio uiaio, nno set out 10
read as many newspapers as are published in
this country in twelve months, she would not
have been half way through her task when
the young man arrived, and, probably. not
that far, as she might have advertised for
him, with the usual result
From presses that made 20S impressions an
hour. less than a century ago, we have won
derful pieces of mechanism that from a con-
tinuous roll Of paper cut, print and fold
GO, 600 complete copies of a newspaper every
sixty minutes Presses are now being built
that will run a mile a minute, and the day Is
not far distant when we will have machines
that will run that mile and turn out 2,OOO
newspapers in less than sixty seconds.
Contrast the newspaper pas: with the news
papers present; compare its yesterday and its
today: place its performances alongside the
greatest feats of invention and progress, and
we have a result that Is romance OF enter
prise an achievement Of human effort beyond
the rosiest dreams VI our ancestors. -Bal.i.
more American
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-22
THE ZULU CHIEFTAIN.
4 VISIT TO CETEWAYO, UNOER
GUARD AT CAPE TOWN.

Brave Old Fellow Dauutless in De-
fsat-The Sable Monarch,s Seven Wives
Climax of kingiy Gratitude-An I'm
pleasant Predicament
Two years later | met Cetewavo. the
Zulu chief. in the garden, under British
protection Knowing the colonial secre-
tary. obtained permission 10 visit his
majesty at the residence assigned TO him
by governments plain, Scantily fur
nlshed farm house. fourteen miles from
town, near station called Wynherg.
lie was attlred in Zulu full dress, con-
slsung OF a necklace of lions and chez
tabs claws and gorgeous leopard skin,
worn skirt fashion, and as be rose 10 his
fuu height 10 respond TO my salute and
receive my little donation he looked in
truth-wbat even loss OF power. need |
say liberty, could not deprive him Of
every inch king, savage as of cid. when
in his days of undisputed sway, master of
life and death over thousands, the ruyaI
"koom, the salute of welcoming people.
Numbered in his ear; then a conqueror.
now a prisoner
Somehow felt sorry for the brave old
fellow, who could meet defeat 50 dauns-
iAAsiv and nst have shown ff--for he
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-22
PEN PICTURE OF LISBON.
The Quaint streets and Their Inhabit-
ants-Nnm~ron. Public Gardens

ants-Numeron- Public Gardens.
A few hours are sufficient u give stranger
IN excellent iiea Of the town The streets,
are not unlike thos- % a second rate italian
city. and though vastly inferior In point Of
architecture. have a certain picturesqusnezs
u their own. Many of the bousss are CON
pletely facet with tiles. usually blue or pink
or green pattern upon a white ground The
entrances 10 the older buildings have peacock
blue dados and a scr.ptural picture in tiles
under the windows Of their first aoorz Tho
inhabitants Of these quaint streets are a short
and thicksst race. 40 swsrthy that many 81
them are darker than the natives II northern
India. The men, as rule, are fairly gopf
looking; tie woman a painful coBtraS; % their
lovely sisters ~ southern Spain Like them. =
they dr~ss IN black on state OCCASION tut
there al 1fniiarity ceases for they have
neither their stately walk. their lesuty, nor
their graceful fan play In fact the only
crTnely women in Listen are The bare Ieggsi
hshwiSes, who tr0t gays through the s.reet.
posing huge baskets II FISH gyou their hand
sorns heads, and who, u II whispered are not
Portugu+-e a. al! but imni grants from the
northern provinces u Spain.
1hers 3 rl-n;y q lie ard animation On ne
S'reets p<7asaF.ts IN black i4cks.s lslI .hAr--i
trOuss-s supports! b. rel sssh AMI wonder
fully poiss;.-! she's. Gog their zsYly d...k.-.
oTeTls1sH uElea over the uneysr. rave,,,s,,..
Handsomely drsssai OffiosTs hung. al.r.,. ,bs
si1yrs n the cafe; st1sdy Gallriaa f.r+s-.
he hs~ers n 7so>si sfs3 drassrs II rs.s, -
TIE lsfsur@iy fprfngusse. ztsgxsr along under
tfs.f i'eaFy biiF4lefss. :ran1rars WITH liz ar
Tour fnls1 Abreast ra,t}s paz. az every M.
Hsent BTlSnt eyed chihirrr E.~tsr va, Ia.
css@s';iy u baY ticksts for 70. lests~v II,
which yosI ean Speculate sor the low am -
'nfssIrtee; sfsd borsetnsn IN .Axdry ri
cA3or crsfEIfn@ eAu;Sr shSgut The ..-ns,s
Sot1a1ing ongies sn4 scattering harsds4lls -
fi'tosines The programme f0r tie r~zs is.u
fight
All tbe ~IBare. ard rslc<I@ss s.r..,s ara reu
planted Hiih srssss: and a; sE-rv~arsflsfLs
sT,os in toe ,ezn lssl8ie garsl~t, haz f.s, lad
o1', with fountains surrounded ~ hsslz-s q
cacf1s ard aIo-e. and wsnyf1 u r..su
sfgssAs AID gsTsniarns. sToainz hsR VII
aToussi pain tree. arzciaA, ard fsrsan.s Ia
faft. the oslly l@Ei-zs>-d psscs II grand ~
Listen u TIE grrst og--r sE-scs Ia ffssr.s II To-
kiaz's Ialisos NJ B~i~fa L l. grazs grs,zs IN
rz;s al bales. - fer ssuuss-i ,rsa NJ. en-
esrcassi bT troksn saS unJssisz:sri zo.ss~,
quarts; tts rad eonnecsinz .; via he 90
TER q the tom Is equally ssoaTssa Tor Thsi
lard t<lozgz % tb- Municipality. zfs-s- ssts-
r~~sssiativss decline o. ss-Dei zaaney sgsssa IL
IA Orssev 20 .dysrTkss -. sls,r q tsssr rvs,,s.
tean sessfsInsf:A. tbs klax s.arsts on LIS s7.s..
nifty ADD REFUSES 70 Do to- -urx q .As ss.sss.<,
Ipssksy. AID tkgs TIE STATE apS~vzaeh "a ,ss
rSyzi rsss8eaes al Bssszn rssssaar.s . sils<1a-v
% la esEstAl d forax2l <Aseaso Tzs-.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-22
ROMANCE OF THE PRESS.
THE WONDERFUL GROWTH OF NEWS
PAPERS IN THIS COUNTRY,

Extracts from the Address of a Journal
ist-A Look at the Records Of News
Observation-Disclosures Of the Spirit OF
the Times
Lynn R Meekins delivered the alumni ad-
dress before Western Maryland college on
1.-The Romance Of Journalism" After saying
that criticism Of newspapers was always q
good proof of their vigor and usefulness, he
continued: No newspaper has ever reached
or will ever reach-perfectioI. thousand
years from now people will grumble at 1t just
IS much as they do tc-lay. It is-and always
viii be-a human institution, with human sins.
dealing with human affairs, and rejecting the
vice Of humanity. we'll as the virtue. Its
Office is to print the news. TO give the history
of yesterday, 70 chronicle the joys and sor-
rows, the blessings and the crimes The
Texas editor who declared that newspapers
are bad because 70 many bad things happen
summed up the philosophy OF the situation.
The only way 70 make newspapers good il 70
take the wickednesS oct of the world, or to stop
people from talking about it. As it now is,
nine people VIII read an account of grea. bat
tie, where only one viii wade through the pro-
ceedings Of peace congress The strength Of
the press consists IL part, OF the very fact
that ii gives Us picture OF human life. with
the shadow as well as the light;
But If we examine the newspaper mere
carefully we will ind tina; crime takes up q
very small part Of its pages, and that the
columns represen. all interests ard all eierart-
ments Of news and business effort We find
the press an in-rparable part Of our national
existence, an indispensable adjunct TO cur
liberty II is the peoples university, the ma
tons storehoase Of facts II has given brains
q market value and has enlightened and
rnoderniDed every sphere Of labor Thomas
jefferson said he would rather live in q csoun-
try with newspapers and without a govern
ment than in country with . government.
bot without newspaperx Once architecture
was the press said Dean Stanley, and told
great thoughts 20 the world In stone. but now
the press IS architecture and b building up
the world Of IDEAS and rsaS0n IA Journal
i&.r exclaimed Espoieon / 's1haf nnm
Uunhaur. . c1wnsr. . gfv9 g advicA